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In early February, we announced our plans for 2022. Over the months since our previous publication, many of our ideas have been implemented. More information about future changes to World of Warships is now available and some details have changed. It's high time we shared our development plans for the second half of 2022!

Please note that all the information contained in this document is preliminary. Any changes and new features that we announce may be adjusted several times during tests. During each of those testing rounds, we'll carefully consider your feedback and opinions. Now, let's get down to the details! To reveal the information, click on the respective blocks.

Pan-Asian cruisers are now available to everyone, and Early Access to Italian destroyers will also end soon.

A new nation has been added to the game—Spain. The first representative is Canarias.

X Grosser Kurfürst and X Khabarovsk were replaced in the Tech Tree with X Preussen and X Delny. Also, the testing of superships ★ Condé, ★ Annapolis, ★ Zorkiy, ★ Yamagiri, ★ United States, ★ Eagle, ★ Satsuma, and ★ Hannover was finished, and they were added to the branches of their respective nations.
We celebrated Lunar New Year.

Players had a chance to try out Dirigible Derby and fight in the Savage Battle on the Flooded City map.

Construction of Atlântico has started on the already familiar Clydebank Dockyard.
Significant visual improvements have been implemented. Snow, ice, and sand on maps have become more realistic and spectacular, the ice build-up effect has appeared on ships and is visible in battles on snow-covered maps, and shadows on maps and ships now look more realistic.

A number of visual effects have been updated, and we're continuing to rework maps and Ports to bring them up to HD quality. By the way, we've released a Hot Fix episode covering our work on the World of Warships graphics. You can watch it here.

We've also disclosed the item drop chances for all containers. Check them out here.

Update 0.11.4 kicks off Early Access to new French ships VIII Cherbourg, IX Brest, and X Marseille. The cruisers are armed with large-caliber guns mounted on their bows. Their long reload time is partly compensated for by the Main Battery Reload Booster consumable. The ships are capable of achieving high speeds with the help of the improved Engine Boost consumable that is typical for French ships. The armor of the new cruisers ensures good protection of their citadels against medium-caliber AP shells, but they are quite vulnerable against HE and SAP shells.

Read the Development Blog and Developer Bulletin for Update 0.11.4 to learn more details about Early Access to the French cruisers.

Arms Race was first introduced into the game quite a long time ago—as a separate test mode initially, and then as a format for several Ranked Battles seasons later. In Update 0.10.10, it returned as a separate battle type featuring various changes and improvements. It received positive feedback from players and demonstrated good statistics. The next stage of the Arms Race development will be its introduction to Random and Co-op Battles.

Arms Race will be available only in battles where the highest ship tier is IX or X, as well as in battles with superships. It will also be available only on these eight maps: Northern Waters, Sleeping Giant, Loop, Warrior's Path, Mountain Range, Land of Fire, Islands of Ice, and Hotspot. With the addition of the new mode to Random and Co-op Battles, Epicenter will be disabled.

Great Britain—one of the mightiest naval powers in the world—is expecting reinforcements. The branch of British battleships will feature warships that are historically classified as battlecruisers.

The new Tier III–VI ships were actually built in real life. The new ships of higher tiers were created based on Royal Navy projects from the first half of the 20th century.

More details about the concept and settings of the new British battleships are available in the Development Blog.

We strive to delight you with new and interesting activities. Sea Battle is one of them. It's inspired by a classic game that you're probably familiar with.

You'll need a special resource—Passes—to participate. Passes can be earned by completing combat missions.

When playing Sea Battle, you'll be competing against AI. Destroying ships and winning battles will bring you rewards. These rewards can include special themed resources, e.g. Tokens for Early Access to ships, or other in-game items. Before starting or during playing, you can press the "Finish battle automatically" button for the AI to finish the battle instead of you. Battle results will be displayed on the screen, and you'll receive any due rewards. You can pause the battle at any time and return to it later without losing your progress.
Convoy was first introduced to the Live Server as a separate battle type in Update 0.10.8. It received positive feedback from players, and we're happy to announce that we'll soon launch the second iteration of this battle type.

Battles will utilize a 12 vs. 12 format with Tier VIII–X ships. The maps and routes have been updated—you can expect two or even three convoy routes on the map, with one or more destination points. This will increase gameplay variety for both the escorting and attacking teams, as well as offer new tactics. Along with this, we'll decrease the number of ships in Convoy respectively for each route so as not to complicate the task for the attacking team and to avoid performance issues in battle.

We've also prepared various interface improvements, updates to tips, and other changes to help players take their bearings in the new battle type.
The Dockyard with VIII Atlântico won't be the last one this year. The next opportunity to build a ship will come at the end of summer. This time, we'll return the pioneer of the Dockyard— X Puerto Rico.

The first Dockyard with X Puerto Rico was very complicated and not the most successful from the perspective of its design and mechanics. We've taken all of our mistakes into account and reworked the event design. As all subsequent iterations—starting with VIII Odin—demonstrated, the Dockyard in its current format has become a full-fledged part of our game and works well. On top of that, many players have been asking when we are going to bring Puerto Rico back to the game. That's why we've decided to put Puerto Rico back on the stocks—we see it as an excellent opportunity to rectify our early mistakes with this feature. It also means that you'll be building a Tier X ship, which hasn't happened since the very first Dockyard. Those who didn't manage to build the ship in the New Year Update 0.8.11 or started playing the game later will now have a chance to do so. Obtaining the ship will be much easier than the first time, but it won't be possible to finish the construction for free, same as with previous ships at the Dockyard.

Players who already have X Puerto Rico in their Ports but still build her at this Dockyard will be provided with compensation. We plan to give such players the opportunity to select a bundle with one of the following resources: Doubloons, Steel, Coal, or Research Points. The amount of whichever resource is in the bundle will be enough to obtain any Tier X ship currently available for purchase.

As a result of the changes to aircraft carriers in Update 0.8.0, many AI-related internal tools became outdated. Adjusting aircraft carriers controlled by AI became hard or even impossible. For this reason, some Operations were temporarily removed from the game. We are currently actively working on aircraft carriers' AI to bring some Operations (e.g. Cherry Blossom, Hermes, and The Ultimate Frontier) back to the game.
Personal Challenges are a rather easy but interesting activity that allow you to achieve results playing your favorite ships and get rewards for this. They also encourage you to research new ship branches.

Future updates will bring new iterations of Personal Challenges with a number of improvements. More "type–nation" categories will be added for completing challenges, including Early Access ships. New mission conditions will be introduced: earning ribbons or XP; dealing damage. It will be possible to style Personal Challenges for themed events like New Year's Night, Clash of Courage, and their analogs. We'll also improve the interface to make it more informative.
A special event is planned for June during which you'll be able to obtain USS IX Black and earn various themed rewards. The event is going to be accompanied by a web campaign that will allow you to choose your own path through the Pacific theater of World War II in 1944 on a special map and build a career for your own Commander. As a reward for completing the campaign, you'll receive a U.S. Commander with 12 skill points. You can distribute some of the skill points by making choices right on the campaign map.

With the introduction of the Pan-Asian cruiser branch, we've added a special minigame to publications dedicated to ships coming to Early Access. Play, familiarize yourself with new ships, remember them, and get special achievements! We're going to add such minigames to articles about each new ship branch in our game.

The visual style of The Faroe Islands map was selected by players back in fall 2021, and the map is currently in the final stages of its preparation. We plan to release it to the Live Server with Update 0.11.5.
The cargo ship feature is currently very limited—players can only see the total number of containers they possess. This is particularly inconvenient for those who store lots of containers. To address this issue, we're going to improve the system for storing containers on the cargo ship and make it more informative.

Players will be able to view the numbers of each container type they have and open containers only of a specific type. We're adding information about container names and their descriptions, as well as an option to get information about the drop chances of container items.

We initially planned to finish this feature in spring, but tweaking it and testing the reworked cargo ship requires more time. That's why the changes to the Containers tab will be implemented in one of the summer updates.
Helping new players master the key principles and mechanics is a very important part of the game development. For this purpose, we're adding a set of simple missions to World of Warships. These missions will gradually focus on different game mechanics. This will help inexperienced players get their bearings in World of Warships, acquire basic skills through playing, and receive small rewards for this. Each mission will have its own set of tips that will enable players to better navigate in the game.

This is another feature that we've postponed to summer because we needed more time to finalize the design of these missions.
We're working on the separation of exterior elements and economic bonuses, as well as on updating the latter. These changes will enable you to select economic bonuses and camouflages separately, and they will simplify the process of managing economic bonuses. We'll do our best to make the transition from the old system to the new one as comfortable as possible, as well as to conserve the current state of the game economics (prices and earnings). Cumulatively, players won't lose in profitability and will earn even more in some situations.

This large-scale change will be implemented in one of the summer updates or in the early fall. All essential information is published in the Development Blog.

The quality of textures and effects is an essential part of the game, but the way players see World of Warships is no less important. Not long ago, we announced a new stage of testing battle camera settings. Its results were positive. Some minor tweaks are still required, and after that, we'll implement these changes on the Live Server.
In summer, we traditionally celebrate U.S. Independence Day. You can expect to see loads of themed content. Updating the models of U.S. destroyers will also be dedicated to this holiday. This work will span two updates. First, we'll update the models of researchable Tier VII–X destroyers. Second, we'll turn to the models of researchable Tier II–VI destroyers and VII Sims, which we started working on concurrently with the researchable ships.


New features and improvements that we plan for fall are at the preliminary design stage, so we don't have many details to share with you. We'll cover the most important things.
By fall, we'll have added Japanese Tier V–X light cruisers for testing. Their concept is in development, but we can already safely say that all ships of the branch will have 610 mm torpedoes at their disposal, and their torpedo launchers will have wide aiming angles. As for their main batteries, the Tier V and VI ships will have 152 mm guns, the Tier VII ship will have 155 mm guns, and high-tier cruisers will carry 150 mm dual-purpose guns.
We're going to celebrate World of Warships' Anniversary—our beloved game is turning seven! Players can expect loads of themed rewards and interesting activities.

Naturally, festive bonuses for battle performance will also be available. Many players have very extensive Ports, and getting rewards for battle performance on each ship can be very difficult and time-consuming. To deal with this, we plan to rework the battle performance bonus system. Players with many ships in their Ports will be able to receive rewards from several ships per battle.
For Halloween 2021, we brought back themed Operations Saving Transylvania and Sunray in the Darkness. As the statistics showed, players were enthusiastic about their return—Nightmare Operations appeared to be much more popular than the standard ones. This year, we plan to add Saving Transylvania and Sunray in the Darkness as part of the Halloween activities again. Besides that, we are considering the possibility to additionally bring back another once very popular themed Operation—Terror of the Deep—featuring submarines!
In addition to The Faroe Islands and continuation of reworking maps and Ports to bring them up to HD quality, we plan to start working on one more new map. It's currently at the preliminary design stage. We promise to disclose details later when we're ready.

We'll keep releasing special videos of the Waterline series once per quarter! We'll share new information and our plans for the upcoming 6 months with you, as well as explain why we make any changes to the already announced plans. Stay tuned!

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With Update 0.11.4, we're adding lots of new features including Arms Race in Random and Co-op Battles, improvements to the Minimap, and further updates to submarines. Take a look at the Developer Bulletin, and welcome to the Test! See you on the Public Test Server!


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Commanders, thank you for participating in the first round of Public Test for Update 0.11.4! Your feedback helps us to improve the version and fix errors. Check out the changelog and join the second session of the Public Test!
Important: The second session will be live until: Thu. 05 May 07:30 CEST (UTC+2)

After analyzing their combat effectiveness, we’re reducing the survivability of submarines in Update 0.11.4 with the following changes:

• The damage radius of ship-dropped depth charges has been significantly increased: 450 to 800 m.
  
• Increased the damage dealt by airstrike depth charges in the outermost part of their damage radius.
  
• The minimum airstrike depth charge drop distance for battleships has been changed to 500 m, like cruisers.

In the Public Test for Update 0.11.4, we tested a change to the sonar ping visual effect from enemy submarines: instead of displaying the ping itself in real time, an effect is played on the water surface near to where the ping was emitted.

The new effect was supposed to make it easier to find the source of the ping. If the submarine emitting the ping is undetected, the effect is displayed at a certain distance from the submarine in order to give the submarine a chance to avoid taking damage.

After the Public Test, we got a lot of feedback about this new effect. Mainly:

• The effect disappears too quickly and is difficult to notice.
  
• The effect is often displayed too far from the submarine to determine its actual location.

Therefore, we are introducing the following changes to this mechanic:

• Increased the time the effect remains visible to 5 seconds.
  
• The distance at which the ping from the emitting submarine is displayed has been halved.

In Update 0.11.4, we removed the possibility of walking the line between two different depths while enjoying the benefits of both. The characteristics of periscope depth are now maintained between the depths of 0 and 15 m. The 15 m depth mark will be the border between periscope and maximum depth states. We also changed the possible depth limits for maximum depth to 30 m and 60 m.

We made adjustments to the captain skills for submarines, you can find all information about this change in our Development Blog.

• The bonus for strengthening the current and maximum combat capability of aircraft carrier squadrons in the Arms Race has been increased from 10% to 17%.
  
• The setting "Transmit exact position in the square" is now enabled for all players by default.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which the selected prime time in Clan Battles was reset in some cases.
  
• Fixed incorrect descriptions of superships in the port.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which an empty field appeared in the team list when activating voice chat.
  
• Now, when the Enter key is pressed quickly in the "Exit Battle" dialog box, the player exits the battle, and the client closes in the "Exit Game" dialog box.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which in some situations in battle it was impossible to use an airstrike.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the client to crash when opening dialog boxes.
  
• Fixed bugs in the armor of VIII U-190.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which submarines displayed the wrong torpedo speed after picking up power-ups.
  
• Fixed a bug with the missing horn on the "Japanese Castle" camouflage for VI Fusō.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which ship names on the minimap could overwrite ship icons when minimap rotation was enabled.
  
• Fixed a bug with the position of the fort icon after the destruction of the ship.
  
• Made balance changes to VIII Chkalov, X Petropavlovsk, X Yueyang, X Des Moines and other ships. See our Development Blog for details.

By progressing through combat missions on the Public Test Server, you can earn Community Tokens. Community Tokens can be exchanged for various rewards in the Armory, including rare permanent camouflages, containers, and other in-game items. All details about Community Tokens are available in a dedicated article

The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.

Each Wargaming container drops 1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

• The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  
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If you're joining the Public Test for the first time since Update 0.11.3, you'll be awarded the following additional bonuses:

• At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VI and VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 19 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
  
• 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; 250,000 Coal, and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  
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If you played at least one battle on the Public Test Server during the 0.11.3 Public Test, your account will be copied from the Live Server to the Public Test Server.

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In this episode, we'll tell you about London in the mid-nineteenth century.

The city center, divided by the River Thames, is full of unique structures and objects. The Port has been in our game for many years, but it gets updated regularly and cheers us all with its new colors.

You'll see famous London bridges, magnificent palaces, and some not-so-obvious niceties of the British capital.

We've already told you about the Port of Marseille. You can read the article on our website and watch a video about the main seaport of France.

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In reality, the port on the bank of the River Thames has existed since the moment London was founded by Romans in the 1st century. In the present day, skyscrapers of the financial center have grown in the place where the old docks used to be, but the port still remains one of the largest in Great Britain.

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In World of Warships, the London Port first appeared in Update 0.5.16. Our developers and artists have reproduced its real terrain in the game with great accuracy, and the architectural landmarks have been recreated to match their real-world versions down to the tiniest detail. But we do sometimes also give full play to creativity and imagination so as to make the most out of the benefits a virtual world has to offer and create exceptional events and memorable celebrations. World of Warships celebrated the New Year of 2022 precisely in the London Port.

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With Update 0.11.4, we're adding lots of new features including Arms Race in Random and Co-op Battles, improvements to the Minimap, and further updates to submarines. Take a look at the Developer Bulletin, and welcome to the Test! See you on the Public Test Server!
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The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.

Each Wargaming container drops 1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

• The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  
• You will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.

If you're joining the Public Test for the first time since Update 0.11.3, you'll be awarded the following additional bonuses:

• At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VI and VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 19 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
  
• 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; 250,000 Coal, and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  
• 50 signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account.

If you played at least one battle on the Public Test Server during the 0.11.3 Public Test, your account will be copied from the Live Server to the Public Test Server.

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